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peser: Conjugation

The peser conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb peser according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of peser, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of peser at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je pèse tu pèses il/elle pèse nous pesons vous pesez ils/elles pèsent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai pesé tu as pesé il/elle a pesé nous avons pesé vous avez pesé ils/elles ont pesé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je pesais tu pesais il/elle pesait nous pesions vous pesiez ils/elles pesaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais pesé tu avais pesé il/elle avait pesé nous avions pesé vous aviez pesé ils/elles avaient pesé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je pèserai tu pèseras il/elle pèsera nous pèserons vous pèserez ils/elles pèseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai pesé tu auras pesé il/elle aura pesé nous aurons pesé vous aurez pesé ils/elles auront pesé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je pèserais tu pèserais il/elle pèserait nous pèserions vous pèseriez ils/elles pèseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais pesé tu aurais pesé il/elle aurait pesé nous aurions pesé vous auriez pesé ils/elles auraient pesé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pèse tu pèses il/elle pèse nous pesions vous pesiez ils/elles pèsent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie pesé tu aies pesé il/elle ait pesé nous ayons pesé vous ayez pesé ils/elles aient pesé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je pesai tu pesas il/elle pesa nous pesâmes vous pesâtes ils/elles pesèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus pesé tu eus pesé il/elle eut pesé nous eûmes pesé vous eûtes pesé ils/elles eurent pesé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially a regular -er verb like arriver, donner etc, except that the vowel of the stem changes from a schwa (written e and often ellided) to è. The vowel changes occurs:

• Before non-syllabic endings in the present tense (i.e. except in the nous and vous forms);
• Throughout the future and conditional tenses.

(This vowel change is probably driven by the fact that the schwa does not occur in closed syllables in French. Unfortunately syllabification does not fully explain the future and conditional forms since, e.g. a-che-trai and ach'-trai would in terms of syllabification be well-defined.)

For some verbs ending in -eter and -eler, it is not universally agreed whether to adopt the e grave spelling as given here, or to double the l or t. For a full discussion of this issue, see my discussion of the spelling of -eter and -eler verbs.